Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 223	‐

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	18	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.255	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	22

Runs	34	4

Hits	68	4

Singles	49	2

Doubles	11	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	34	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	37	2

Strikeouts	60	8

Batting Average	.232	.182

On Base Pct	.319	.280

Slugging Pct	.345	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	116	12

Runs	15	2

Hits	30	3

Singles	18	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	18	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	20	4

Batting Average	.255	.208

On Base Pct	.332	.296

Slugging Pct	.439	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Vinnie Pasquantino is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Vinnie Pasquantino ramped up his hitting progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	The Royals placed 1B Vinnie Pasquantino on the 10-day injured list with right wrist soreness.p Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Vinnie Pasquantino left Tuesday's game with a sore right hand. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-4 in a 3-2 win over the Tigers with a run scored. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#45	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#192
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#382
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#382
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#170
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#406
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

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